Player Reactions: FC Barcelona 5-1 Real Sociedad

Posted at: 16:30 on Monday, August 20, 2012 Category: Multimedia Written by: doris86pl

“We started La Liga off on the right foot,” underlined Xavi Hernández after Barça beat Real Sociedad in the opening game of the competition (5-1). “We set a good pace,” said the midfielder, who added that even though there’s a new manager, “the philosophy is the same.” Xavi also stated that the most important task for the players is to “keep their excitement and hope intact and, this year, we’ll try and achieve the objectives we had last year.”

On the match, Xavi said that the team “played at a good pace.” The best piece of news from the game for Xavi was Villa’s return, who said that the team “is doing well now that he’s with us and he scored a goal.” Click on continue reading to read some of the statements made by other members of the Barça squad after the match.

Pedro:

“I’m content because we won and because I scored a goal. I helped the team.”

“I feel great. The team is slowly starting to play at a high level and, in general, we’re playing really well.”

“It’s great to start out the season in this fashion, playing with our philosophy. I’m happy that we won and for how we played the match.”

“It’s a good result, but we have a lot of games in front of us. This just started and we did our job, we started the Liga off on the right foot.”

“Villa’s return is the best piece of news from the game. He scored a goal and it’s an absolute joy to have him with us.”

Alves:

“We played really well. We were playing against a very well organised team. We were on target, however, and we reacted correctly to their goal.”

“It’s important for our rivals to know that we are here. We want to improve and play good football.”

Tello:

“What’s truly important for me is to play with the best players in the world.”

Mascherano (on Twitter):